Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of
the tyrant it has deposed.
—Barbara Tuchman

Throughout its history, American culture, otherwise a shining
beacon of individual liberty, has suppressed the freedom of certain
minority groups, among them, homosexuals. Unbelievable physical
brutality and evil, repressive, unjust laws characterized this period.
In the latter part of the twentieth century, and the early part of the
twenty-first, that highly regrettable situation has been turned on its
head.

In Denver, a baker is being persecuted by authorities for refusing
to violate his religious principles by making a wedding cake for two
males.

Before this goes any further, allow me to state that I have long
been an advocate of gay rights, including the right to marry the
person of one's choice. The principle is simple: the tax money of gay
individuals is used to pay for the local courthouse, for the structure
and operation of local government. Therefore, whatever benefits
taxpayers may enjoy as a result of those operations, for which they
have been forced at gunpoint to pay, all taxpayers must benefit
equally.

In Washington state, an innocent Christian florist is being
persecuted by the state for refusing to supply flowers for a lesbian
wedding.

As a libertarian, I have no more love for Christian doctrine than
I have for Sharia law. But to compel individuals to act against their
conscience, no matter how irrational it may be, and no matter how
(non-violently) obnoxious others may find it, is nothing short of
slavery.

And now, cheered on by the trolls and gremlins of the ACLU, the
addle-pated and cowardly governor of Arizona has made the problem
even worse with her veto of a bill that would have forbidden this kind
of travesty. In short, considerations of political correctness now
officially trump the First Amendment to the United States
Constitution.

Doubtless, it was on the strength of this sort of event that the
lesbian mayor of Houston, Texas, signed into law official permission
(as if any were required) for men—of a certain mind-set—to use
women's bathrooms, and women to use men's. All that's required is a
statement that "today I'm feeing like a woman" from the man, and a
similar statement from the woman. Houston Christian ministers, it's
said, are up in arms about this, opinion polls say 82 percent of the
people oppose it, and three times as many petition signatures were
gathered as are necessary to force a repeal vote, The pet official in
charge of such things disallowed enough signatures to squelch that
proposal.

I gather that the pulpiteers' ire was fully arisen. War has been
declared.

And then, possibly the most ludicrously stupid political stunt in
the twenty-first century so far, was pulled by the mayor. She ordered
the subpoena of the local ministers' sermons which, presumably, would
be examined and judged for political correctness. Preachers could go
to jail for discrimination, or they could for refusing to provide the
sermons.

Take a look again, at the Tuchman quote with which I started this
article. Certain gays, it would appear, after years, decades, and
centuries of discrimnation and abuse, presently in prominent positions—certainly
an admirable achievement, made possible by the tolerance
and undertanding of non-gays—have utterly failed to learn a bloody
thing.

I demand, in return for growing recognition of gay rights in this
country, that gays recognize the rights of others, and cease their
fascistic behavior. I'm sure there are gays who agree with me. We need
to rebuild America from the wreckage Obama and his ilk have made of
it.

Houston's mayor isn't helping.

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